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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.A sound like a gunshot was heard at the time, and a male suspect was detained at the scene, NHK said. An NHK reporter on the scene said they could hear two consecutive bangs during Abe's speech.Kyodo News said the former premier was not conscious and appeared to be in cardiac arrest.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo collapsed in the western city of Nara at around 11: 30 a.m.Abe was making a speech on the street. An NHK reporter says Abe was bleeding. The reporter heard what sounded like a gun going off.I
TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.A sound like a gunshot was heard at the time, and a male suspect was detained at the scene, NHK said. An NHK reporter on the scene said they could hear two consecutive bangs during Abe's speech.Kyodo News said the former premier was not conscious and appeared to be in cardiac arrest.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was unconscious and unresponsive after he was apparently shot in the chest during a political event in the western city of Nara on Friday, national broadcaster NHK and local media reports said.Abe, 67, was apparently shot in the chest, national broadcaster NHK said, adding a man had been apprehended at the scene. The suspect appeared to be a young or middle-aged man, an NHK reporter said.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-08/former-japan-pm-abe-collapses-after-shots-heard-man-in-custody
I guess he's dead?
Not officially announced .... but he was shot in the back at close range with a sawed-off shotgun. He had no vital signs when transported to the hospital.Awful, just awful.
Doesn’t look good. Prayers for him and his family.My phone is beeping off alerts again- “grave condition”
The weapon.....
That looks less like a sawed off shotgun and more like a home made one.